(1997-08-03) August 3, 1997 (age 26) Cary, North Carolina, U.S.
Height
6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight
209 lb (95 kg)
Sport
Sport
Swimming
Strokes
Backstroke, freestyle
Club
Cali Condors[1]
College team
North Carolina State University[2]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing the United States
World Championships (LC)
2022 Budapest
50 m backstroke
2022 Budapest
4×100 m freestyle
2023 Fukuoka
50 m backstroke
2023 Fukuoka
4×100 m freestyle
World University Games
2017 Taipei
100 m backstroke
2017 Taipei
4×100 m freestyle
2017 Taipei
4×100 m medley
2019 Naples
50 m backstroke
2019 Naples
4×100 m medley
2017 Taipei
50 m backstroke
2019 Naples
100 m backstroke
Justin Ress (born August 3, 1997) is an American swimmer. As a member of the USA national team Justin won the gold medal in the 50 meter backstroke at the 2022 FINA World Championships and was a member of the USA gold medal winning 4X100 free relay. He was also a key part of the USA team that defeated Australia in the resumption of the Duel in the Pool series in 2022. Ress competed as a member of the Cali Condors of the International Swimming League from 2019-2021 and looks forward to resumption of ISL in the near future. Ress was US national champion in the 100 backstroke in 2022 and 50 backstroke in 2017 after which he competed in the men's 50 meter backstroke event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.[3][4] Ress swam collegiately for North Carolina State University where he was a 3-time NCAA champion, 21-time NCAA All-American, and 11-time ACC champion. In his first year at school he won the 2016 ACC Freshman of the Year award.[5]
^Keith, Braden (December 9, 2019). "Cali Condors Unveil Roster for 2019 International Swimming League Finale". SwimSwam.
^"NC State Keeps Homegrown Talent In State: Cary-Native Justin Ress Gives Verbal Commitment". October 1, 2014. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
^"Heats results". FINA. Archived from the original on July 29, 2017. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
^"2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
^"Justin Ress bio". gopack. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
JustinRess (born August 3, 1997) is an American swimmer. As a member of the USA national team Justin won the gold medal in the 50 meter backstroke at...
International Team Trials: Hunter Armstrong Breaks 50 Back American Record; JustinRess Just 0.04 Behind". Swimming World. Retrieved April 28, 2022. USA Swimming...
28 50 metre backstroke details Hunter Armstrong United States 24.05 JustinRess United States 24.24 Xu Jiayu China 24.50 100 metre backstroke details...
55 seconds, finishing over one full second ahead of silver medalist JustinRess of the United States. Two days later, he won the 50 metre freestyle in...
silver after the disqualification of American swimmer JustinRess and returned to bronze after Ress was reinstated. In 2023, he came fourth in the 50 meters...
top male swimmer he coached at NC State included USA National Champion JustinRess and 2017 ACC Female Freshman of the Year, and 2016 Olympic Trial Qualifier...
club Cali Condors relay teammates Coleman Stewart, Caeleb Dressel, and JustinRess. The next day, Fink set a new Americas record and American record in...
14:36.70 AM Florian Wellbrock Germany 14:36.94 50 m backstroke details JustinRess United States 24.12 Hunter Armstrong United States 24.14 Ksawery Masiuk...
Natalie Hinds Tomas Peribonio Lilly King Jesse Puts Leonie Kullmann JustinRess Beata Nelson Coleman Stewart Marie Pietruschka Mark Szaranek Katerine...
relay with Coleman Stewart (backstroke), Nic Fink (breaststroke), and JustinRess (freestyle), splitting a time of 49.01 seconds for the butterfly leg...
Turkey 19 45.69 Alain Bernard (FRA) 7 December 2008 France 20 45.70 JustinRess (USA) 28 November 2021 Eindhoven 21 45.72 Thomas Ceccon (ITA) 15 December...
U.S. Olympic Trials Indianapolis, United States 50m backstroke 24.10 JustinRess Mission Viejo Nadadores 29 June 2023 2023 Championships Indianapolis...
Ryan Murphy 24.24 AM, CR JustinRess 24.31 Ryan Held 24.60 100 m backstroke Ryan Murphy 52.51 Matt Grevers 52.55 JustinRess 53.26 200 m backstroke Ryan...
heats and won a gold medal in the event when the finals relay, on which JustinRess substituted in for Stewart, finished first in 3:33.02. At the 2020 US...
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